Ever heard of tagmemics? It’s a system that allows you to look at a single object from three different perspectives. Because of that quality, it’s a very useful activity when you want to examine a topic from a variety of perspectives.

If you’re asked to write a short book review, the classic five paragraph format might work. Since that’s geared for more general use, though, this alternative five-paragraph format that uses the standard journalistic questions (who, what, where, when and why) could be more fitting.